General Cross-Curricular

This course provides leadership skills and lessons for students that participate in athletics and want to extend their knowledge of being a leader. Upon completion of this course, students will understand the importance of teambuilding, create mission and vision statements, develop refined public speaking skills, examine the importance of reflection, and assess the value of building relationships within the team and with coaches.

IB Theory of Knowledge is a course required for IB Diploma candidates. It is designed to foster in students a habit of mind that reflects on human ways and limits of knowing as well as on the human ability to communicate these ways of knowing. Students will explore fundamental questions of epistemology by reflecting and questioning the basis of knowledge and experience, examining cultural and ideological bias, and by formulating rational arguments and value judgments of their own. Academic disciplines examined include language, history, logic, science, mathematics, ethics, and aesthetics. The course includes an externally assessed paper and an internally assessed oral presentation.

Students will learn about the aspects of leadership by looking at historical and modern examples. Planning and implementing school activities will allow the students the practical application of leadership theory. Through the practice of planning, coordinating, and implementing school wide activities, students will be exposed to a wide variety of leadership experiences. Each student enrolled in the course is assigned a position in which they are responsible for specific tasks that support the student body.